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<h2>Monoclonal gammapothy data</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>Natural history of 1341 sequential patients with monoclonal
gammapothy of undetermined significance (MGUS).
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>data("mgus2")</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A data frame with 1384 observations on the following 10 variables.
</p>

<dl>
<dt><code>id</code></dt><dd><p>subject identifier</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>age</code></dt><dd><p>age at diagnosis, in years</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>sex</code></dt><dd><p>a factor with levels <code>F</code> <code>M</code></p>
</dd>
<dt><code>hgb</code></dt><dd><p>hemoglobin</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>creat</code></dt><dd><p>creatinine</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>mspike</code></dt><dd><p>size of the monoclonal serum splike</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>ptime</code></dt><dd><p>time until progression to a plasma cell
malignancy (PCM) or last contact, in months</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>pstat</code></dt><dd><p>occurrence of PCM: 0=no, 1=yes </p>
</dd>
<dt><code>futime</code></dt><dd><p>time until death or last contact, in months</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>death</code></dt><dd><p>occurrence of death: 0=no, 1=yes</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Details</h3>

<p>This is a larger follow-on study of the condition also found in data
set <code>mgus</code>.
</p>


<h3>Source</h3>

<p>Mayo Clinic data courtesy of Dr. Robert Kyle.  All patient
identifiers have been removed, age rounded to the nearest year, and
follow-up times rounded to the nearest month.</p>


<h3>References</h3>

<p>R. Kyle, T. Therneau, V. Rajkumar, J. Offord, D. Larson, M. Plevak,
and L. J. Melton III, A long-terms study of prognosis in monoclonal
gammopathy of undertermined significance. New Engl J Med, 346:564-569 (2002).
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